NCAA Football 25: Player Ratings, Pre-Order Info, Prices

College football fans, your time has finally come. NCAA Football was once an annual release alongside Madden that let us experience the thrills of college games on consoles. However, after NCAA Football 14, not a single official college football game was released.

NCAA Football 25 ends the 11-year dry spell after EA settled all the disputes between the NCAA and college athletes, bringing the series back.

NCAA Football 25, or College Football 25, is bringing college football back to gamers in the biggest and best way possible. The official EA Sports X account said it better than I could: “For those who never stopped believing…College Football is coming back.”

For those who never stopped believing…#EASPORTSCollegeFootball pic.twitter.com/2vDUYnbXEJ

— EA SPORTS (@EASPORTS) February 2, 2021

Before you call your play and make the snap, I’m calling a time-out to give you a rundown on College Football 25.

What is NCAA Football 25?

College Football at its Finest

Like its professional counterpart, Madden, College Football 25 is a college football simulation. Originally called NCAA Football, the series has been rebranded under EA but includes all the things fans are looking for.

In College Football 25, 134 school teams will be included, and every player, jersey, logo, and stadium will be faithfully recreated.

One of the original reasons the original NCAA games were abandoned was the fact that college players were not being paid for their likenesses.

Rather than include random players or schools to get around this, EA has decided to compensate every player to include them in the game.

Alongside modern advancements to football simulation, like fatigue for players over time and home-field advantages, College Football 25 will include a Dynasty mode, where you create your own coach to manage a team, a Road To Glory mode, where you live out the life of a new player aiming for the Heisman, and more.

That’s just scratching the surface of all the ways you can play College Football 25 — either alone or online.

College Football 25 Player Ratings: Meet the Top 100

PLAYER	Position	Rank	Overall	Speed	Acceleration	Strength	Awareness	Jumping
Will Johnson	CB	1	96	92	95	74	94	92
Will Campbell	LT	2	96	66	78	94	97	70
Ollie Gordon II	HB	3	96	90	97	79	97	87
James Pearce Jr.	RE	4	95	88	95	85	91	85
Caleb Downs	FS	5	95	91	95	72	87	91
Travis Hunter	WR	6	95	95	96	64	97	97
Malaki Starks	FS	7	95	93	95	72	93	96
Mason Graham	DT	8	95	76	85	95	95	79
Quinshon Judkins	HB	9	95	89	94	74	87	88
Tate Ratledge	RG	10	95	64	69	95	94	67
Luther Burden III	WR	11	94	94	95	77	95	92
Benjamin Morrison	CB	12	94	94	94	75	88	93
Kelvin Banks Jr.	LT	13	94	67	72	92	96	71
Tetairoa McMillan	WR	14	94	91	89	83	90	96
Barrett Carter	ROLB	15	94	89	94	79	97	88
Jay Higgins	MLB	16	94	82	85	81	95	80
Shedeur Sanders	QB	17	93	80	85	72	98	84
Carson Beck	QB	18	93	74	77	66	96	71
Emeka Egbuka	WR	19	93	92	93	73	98	96
Mykel Williams	LOLB	20	93	88	92	88	88	87
Deone Walker	RE	21	93	71	83	97	96	79
Omarion Hampton	HB	22	93	91	95	81	95	90
Treveyon Henderson	HB	23	93	94	95	74	90	91
Aireontae Eersery	LT	24	93	66	75	97	95	71
Jaydn Ott	HB	25	93	92	97	75	95	88
Walter Nolen	DT	26	93	75	86	93	85	77
Quinn Ewers	QB	27	92	81	83	56	97	76
Xavier Watts	FS	28	92	86	92	72	97	90
Jack Sawyer	LE	29	92	86	91	85	97	87
Dillon Gabriel	QB	30	92	81	85	63	99	78
Harold Perkins Jr.	LOLB	31	92	92	97	77	88	94
Parker Brailsford	C	32	92	73	85	83	92	79
Colston Loveland	TE	33	92	87	91	77	88	90
Tacario Davis	CB	34	92	90	92	73	89	95
Malachi Moore	FS	35	92	91	94	70	97	92
Tahj Brooks	HB	36	92	88	91	84	94	79
Clay Webb	LG	37	92	68	84	88	92	77
Sebastian Castro	FS	38	92	92	91	75	91	85
Jonas Sanker	SS	39	92	90	91	77	92	88
Quincy Riley	CB	40	92	92	96	59	89	95
Jonah Monheim	C	41	92	70	82	87	94	80
Devin Neal	HB	42	92	90	93	72	90	87
Tyler Booker	LG	43	91	63	70	94	91	66
Ashton Jeanty	HB	44	91	91	96	75	90	88
Tory Horton	WR	45	91	91	93	68	94	90
Donovan Jackson	LG	46	91	70	82	96	89	79
Abdul Carter	RE	47	91	89	94	87	88	89
Dylan Fairchild	LG	48	91	66	78	89	91	73
Donovan Edwards	HB	49	91	92	96	74	93	87
Jason Henderson	ROLB	50	91	79	88	73	99	82
Denzel Burke	CB	51	91	91	94	71	93	95
Danny Stutsman	MLB	52	91	81	91	78	97	88
Luke Kandra	RG	53	91	65	75	97	93	73
Tyleik Williams	DT	54	91	76	88	94	92	79
Kenneth Grant	DT	55	91	71	78	97	92	73
Kaimon Rucker	RE	56	91	83	88	91	95	81
Kevin Winston Jr.	SS	57	91	88	91	75	87	87
Landon Jackson	LE	58	91	76	87	88	95	88
Tez Johnson	WR	59	91	96	97	43	93	93
Jaeden Roberts	RG	60	91	65	71	93	87	68
Maxwell Hairston	CB	61	91	91	93	60	88	92
Ricardo Hallman	CB	62	91	93	95	61	89	92
Logan Parr	LG	63	91	70	82	89	89	77
Nicholas Singleton	HB	64	91	94	95	83	88	90
Jabbar Muhammad	CB	65	91	91	96	60	93	91
Dorian Strong	CB	66	91	91	94	58	90	90
Damien Martinez	HB	67	91	88	94	82	93	80
RJ Harvey	HB	68	91	92	92	74	93	87
Oronde Gadsden II	TE	69	91	88	90	70	93	90
Dontay Corleone	DT	70	91	69	73	97	90	63
Jalen Milroe	QB	71	90	91	93	75	92	89
Ashton Gillotte	LE	72	90	84	93	87	91	88
Jaxson Dart	QB	73	90	84	85	67	93	83
Mitchell Evans	TE	74	90	83	86	83	90	84
Cobee Bryant	CB	75	90	92	95	63	90	93
Deontae Lawson	MLB	76	90	87	89	80	93	88
Howard Cross III	DT	77	90	75	86	88	96	79
Rueben Bain Jr.	LE	78	90	81	92	91	90	82
Jalon Daniels	QB	79	90	88	90	73	93	85
Nick Martin	MLB	80	90	82	87	82	93	79
Tre Harris	WR	81	90	92	93	77	92	92
Wyatt Milum	LT	82	90	73	81	88	92	78
Dillon Thieneman	FS	83	90	90	92	72	85	87
Hunter Wohler	SS	84	90	90	92	76	87	91
Evan Stewart	WR	85	90	95	98	53	87	96
Nick Jackson	ROLB	86	90	81	86	81	91	84
Patrick Payton	LE	87	90	85	92	77	89	89
Nic Scourton	LE	88	90	82	87	87	91	79
Jonah Savaiinaea	RT	89	90	66	72	93	91	66
Kaidon Salter	QB	90	90	87	92	62	94	90
Peter Woods	DT	91	90	75	89	94	87	81
Emery Jones Jr.	RT	92	90	65	73	95	96	72
Xavier Restrepo	WR	93	90	89	93	66	95	87
Billy Bowman Jr.	SS	94	90	94	97	65	88	93
Josh Conerly Jr.	LT	95	90	74	82	89	87	77
Kyle Monangai	HB	96	90	89	93	78	91	84
Xavier Nwankpa	SS	97	90	90	93	73	85	92
Mason Taylor	TE	98	90	80	88	80	88	86
Oscar Delp	TE	99	90	86	90	76	89	88
Quinton Cooley	HB	100	90	88	92	78	90	90

via EA Sports

When Does NCAA Football 25 Come Out?

Official Release: July 19, 2024

NCAA Football 25 will come out on July 19, 2024. That’s right around the corner, so clear your schedule if you haven’t already.

What Consoles/Platforms Will NCAA Football 25 be Available on?

Confirmed: Current Consoles

College Football 25 will be available on either PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/S. At this time, no last-gen or PC ports have been confirmed.

NCAA Football 25 Trailers

The reveal trailer for College Football 25 was a revelation for fans of NCAA who had been waiting for a true return to form. The sight of actual player names on jerseys was enough to excite the core fanbase, but the core gameplay only added fuel to the fire.

Hardcore fans were given a steady feed of deep-dive trailers to learn what makes College Football 25 the best football simulation yet.

The basic gameplay trailer provides a good overview, as well as the sights and sounds and dynasty trailers, which provide more specific looks at features and modes.

The NCAA Football 25 gameplay trailer might be the most exciting of them all. Cover athlete Donovan Edwards sits down to play a real game and comments on the realism and experience of playing.

Why Fans Are Excited

College football itself is arguably just as popular as the pro league, and yet we haven’t had a true NCAA game since NCAA Football 14 in 2013. While Madden occasionally put in a few college teams, it couldn’t get the entire league or use real player names or likenesses.

NCAA Football 25 will be the first authentic college football game in over a decade, and it knows how important the details are. All the college athletes are being paid so their likenesses and numbers can be used.

The return of an icon after 11 years. (EA Sports)

Senior producer of College Football 25 Travis Hunter said he recognizes how much seeing real names means to fans and players.

“If you’ve been at one of those schools, you know what it means to be a fan of that college or a student of that school. Whatever ties you to it, the moment you turn the game on, you go, ‘Whoa, they know they know me’.

“They know my school, they know our team, they know everything that makes this special in a way that is so enthralling and engaging that it’s not just ‘I’m playing a football game that represents college football teams,’ but it actually feels like way more than that.”

NCAA Football 25 Price

Starting at $70

If you just want the base version of College Football 25, it will cost the industry standard of $70. There are, however, more expensive Deluxe and MVP bundles as well.

NCAA Football 25 Pre Order Details

You can pre-order NCAA Football 25 through the official EA site. Here’s what comes in each edition:

Standard Edition – $70

College Football 25
Alma Mater Ultimate Team Pack
Cover Athlete Ultimate Team Pack
Bring Glory Home Ultimate Team Uniform

Deluxe Edition – $100

College Football 25
Alma Mater Ultimate Team Pack
Cover Athlete Ultimate Team Pack
Bring Glory Home Ultimate Team Uniform
Ultimate Alumni Pack (Choice of 1 player item out of 10)
3 Day Early Access
4,600 College Football Points

MVP Bundle – $150

College Football 25 Deluxe Edition
3 Day Early Acess
4,600 Madden points
Christian McCaffrey Elite Player
Madden NFL 25 Deluxe Edition
4,600 College Football Points

The Bottom Line

At long last, college football fans have a game with the quality of Madden but the authentic look and feel of college football.

College Football 25 took a long time to make a comeback, and had to give up the NCAA Football name, but keeps the legacy of that series alive.

In case this is a thing the TL cares about, the streets are telling me that the final "opt-in" athlete numbers for EA CFB 25 were "over 12,800"…which is obviously well, well above the total number of roster slots.

Folks don't need to worry about athletes not being in the game

— Matt Brown (@MattBrownEP) May 9, 2024

With all 134 FBS teams included and over 12,800 players agreeing to have their likeness and numbers used in the game, NCAA Football 25 looks to be college football’s triumphant return to gaming.